diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bebf459519..347de5cb03 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.1
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.5
-	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v11.0.0+incompatible
 	open-cluster-management.io/api v0.15.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.3
 )
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.11 // indirect
-	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.1
 	github.com/openshift/library-go v0.0.0-20260609093731-5637f8b25b0d
 	github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator v0.0.1-0.20260410020757-449e78f7ec94
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.1
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fa080ae6be..42ce7ca289 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery/third_party/forked/golang/reflect
 ## explicit; go 1.25.0
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user
 k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/names
-# k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2 => k8s.io/client-go v0.35.3
+# k8s.io/client-go v11.0.0+incompatible => k8s.io/client-go v0.35.3
 ## explicit; go 1.25.0
 k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations
 k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/admissionregistration/v1